Primetime Ratings: Pats Roll, NBC Wins

NBC took the broadcast ratings prize Sunday, with the ratings-rocking Patriots pacing Sunday Night Football to a 5.2 rating in 18-49, per Nielsen, and a 16 share. Fox rode an NFL overrun to a 3.1/9, while CBS scored a 1.2/4 and ABC a 0.9/3.

Sunday Night Football, pitting the New England Patriots against the Houston Texans, was up 8% over last week’s 4.8.

Fox had The OT at 4.2, then The Simpsons at 2.4, down 20% from last week, and Brooklyn Nine-Nine was down 15% at 1.7. Family Guy rated a flat 1.7 and The Last Man on Earth was off 7% at 1.3.

CBS had 60 Minutes at 1.6, up 33% from last week, then Madam Secretary grew 8% to 1.3. The Good Wife rated a 1.1, up 22%, and CSI: Cyber fell 11% to 0.8.

On ABC, America’s Funniest Home Videos was up 29% to a 0.9, and Behind the Magic: Snow White a 0.7. Blood & Oil did a 0.7, down 22%, but the winter finale of Quantico rebounded with a 1.3, up 18%.

Michael Malone

Michael Malone is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.